Infosecurity News
Data Stolen as Social Housing Group Suffers Ransomware Attack
Hackers have stolen data from a Salford-based social housing group that has thousands of tenants and other clients.
IT Leaders: Nation State Campaigns Are Inspiring Cybercrime Attacks
Concerns over blurring of lines between state-backed and criminal attacks
US Census Bureau Slammed for 2020 Breach
Government report highlights multiple security failings
T-Mobile: 49 Million Customers Hit by Data Breach
US carrier reveals sixth breach in past four years
Airline Employee Jailed for Spending Passengers’ Money
United Airlines representative stole credit card numbers and went shopping
US Hospitals Divert Care After Cyber-attack
Memorial Health System’s IT system fractured in ransomware attack
ICS Vulnerabilities Increase 41%
Number of ICS vulnerabilities disclosed in H1 2021 is up 41% compared to previous six months
Phishing Costs Surge to $15m Annually for US Organizations
Report reveals most of this relates to ransomware and BEC
Critical Bug Could Allow Remote Snooping Via Millions of Devices
CISA urges prompt patching of ThroughTek vulnerability
CISA Urges Organizations to Patch Critical BlackBerry QNX Bug
Software is used extensively across critical infrastructure
Yik Yak Returns
Proximity-based anonymous social media app is back in App Store four years after shutting down
Records Missing from Illinois Vaccination Portal
Complaints received over “one of the worst” online vaccination portals in the United States
Indiana Contact Tracing Data Breached
Hoosier State notifying 750K residents that COVID-19 contact tracing survey data has been breached
MoD Invites Innovators to Reduce Military's Cyber-Attack Surface
Government wants third parties to “design out” vulnerabilities
Colonial Pipeline Reportedly Admits Data Breach
Ransomware actors may have compromised employee information
Misconfigured Server Leaks US Terror Watchlist
FBI-administered list contained nearly two million records
DOJ to Consider Expanding Use of AI Prisoner Monitoring Tech
Advocacy group against discriminatory surveillance accuses Congress of funding “racist policing tech”
T-Mobile Investigates Possible Data Breach
Communications company looking into claims that personal data of 100 million users has been compromised
Cadbury Campaigns Against Cyber-bullying
Chocolate maker’s Heart the Hate campaign implores individuals to take action against online abuse
Delivery Scams Most Prominent Form of Smishing
Over two-thirds of all scam texts were purportedly from delivery firms, according to new data
